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S E P A R AT 0 R (Application led May 10, 1,900.)

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DAVID LIPPY AND LORENZO D. PATTEN, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE LIPPY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

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SZPECFIGATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 665,332, dated January 1, 1901.

Application filed May l0, 1900. Serial No. 16,166. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DAVID LIPPY and Lo- RENZO D. PATTEN, citizens of the United States, residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Separators; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specication,and to the figures of reference marke thereon, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2is a longitudinal section on line o; 0c, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the center of the separator. Fig. 4 is a transverse section through line u, a, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a view showing the blade-arms, also portions of the blades and the connection for the inner ends of the blade-arms.

The present invention has relation to separators designed and calculated for use in threshing-machines; and it consists in the different parts and combination of parts hereinafter' described, and' particularly pointed out in the claim.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings,1 represents the longitudinal members of the frame, and

2 the cross members of the frame, said mem-v bers being connected together in such a manner thata rectangular frame will be produced.

To the end members 2 is securely attached in any convenient and well-known manner the center rail or rib 3, to which center rib are connected in any convenient manner the flanges or blades 4, said flanges or blades being also connected to the end members 2.

To the longitudinal members 1 and to the flanges or blades 4 are journaled a series of shafts 5, which series are provided with the cranks or bent portions 6.

To the cranks 6, formed upon the shafts 5, is connected the open rectangular bar 7,which rectangular bar is located Ysubstantially as shown in Figs. 3 and 5.

Within the rectangular bar 7 is located the separator-blade-operating rod 8,which operating-rod is provided with the right-angled portion 9, said right-angled portion being provided with a screw-threaded aperture which receives the screwr threaded rod 10, said screw-threaded rod being provided with an operating-knob 1l, and for the purpose of holding the screw-threaded rod 10 in a fixed relative position the outer non-screw-threaded portion of said rod is provided with the annular groove 12, into which annular groove 6o is seated the plate 13,which plate is securely fixed to the rear end member 2, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

For the purpose of opening and closing the separator-blades 14 the forward shaft 15 is 65 preferably formed of a single piece and extends across both sections of the separator, which shaft imparts a reciprocating movement to the open rectangular bar 7 when the screw-threaded bar 10 is turned, it being un- 7o derstood that when said bar is turned in one direction the bar 8 will be pulled and when turned in the opposite direction said bar will be pushed, thereby providing a means for adj usting the separator-blades 14 for different 75 kinds of grain.

It will be understood that by our peculiar arrangement we are enabled to provide a single separator capable of separating all kinds of grain and at the same time adjust- 8o ing the separator with reference to the dryness or dampness of the straw and chaff from which the grain is to be separated.

For the purpose of properly directing th airblast with reference to the separatorblades 14 the forward edges of said blades are bent downward, or, in other words, are provided with the downturned lianges 16,. by which arrangement a portion of the blast will be shunted upward, thereby lifting the chaff 9o and straw and allowing the grain to pass downward and between the open spaces. Another object and purpose of turning the separator-blades downward at their forward ends is to allow the blades to tit closely directly under the shafts 5 and 15 when it is desired to close the separator.

For the purpose of preventing the grain fromlodging upon the side members 1 of the frame their top or upper sides are provided Ioo with the strips 17, said strips being provided with the inclined upper faces 18. The strips between the cen ter flanges and a rod connected to a crank formed upon the forward shaft of the separator, and means for imparting reciprocatingr movement to the open rectangular bar and to the operating-bar, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that we claim the above we have hereunto subscribed our names in the presence of two witnesses.

DAVID LIPPY.

LORENZO D. PATTEN.

Witnesses: f

JAS. J. MAGUIRE, JAS. WM. GALBRAITH. 

